Xu Changqing remembered that within the Immortal Sect, he was known to possess Water-Wood Dual Spiritual Roots. Thus, he withdrew his Water Spiritual Root as well, temporarily refraining from separating it.
That was to say, he would only split off Roushou of the Metal Spiritual Root, Zhurong of the Fire Spiritual Root, and Houtu of the Earth Spiritual Root.
This kept his true body's strength sealed at the Earth-Grade Golden Core level. The Spiritual Root projections had originally been at the Human-Grade Golden Core level, but after being granted divine abilities, they would likewise rise to Earth Grade.
As was known, Xu Changqing now possessed four divine abilities: Five-Colored Divine Radiance, Myriad Insect Matriarch's Nest, Summon Wind and Rain, and Myriad Mechanisms, Myriad Transformations.
Five-Colored Divine Radiance could only be activated by the Five-Element Spiritual Root.
Summon Wind and Rain could only be performed by Water Spiritual Roots and Wind Spiritual Roots.
That meant there were not enough divine abilities to go around.
After all, only Myriad Insect Matriarch's Nest and Myriad Mechanisms, Myriad Transformations remained.
If it had been anyone else, they would never have suffered such a worry. Having even one divine ability would have been cause for celebration across the land, yet on his side, there were actually too few to distribute.
After thinking it over and over, Xu Changqing turned his gaze toward the Spatial Earth-Origin Fruit nearby.
Two had been produced before. One had been used to refine a Small Teleportation Array, while the other had remained unused all this time, waiting for an opportunity.
If he remembered correctly, eating this thing carried a certain chance of awakening a divine ability called "Shrinking the Earth to Inches."
On the surface, it seemed useful only for traveling.
But in truth, as long as one knew how